Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and a very Happy New Year!<\/p>\n
For the past couple of months I have shown several samples and explained why the images are not good candidates for embroidery.\u00a0 I am going to continue this theme for one more month because I have received a great deal of feedback and several requests to provide more information on this topic.\u00a0 \u00a0Last night QDigitizing had to put more than 20 orders on hold because the art we received was not suitable to the embroidery process as requested.\u00a0 We wish we did not have to do this because it delays the order process for everyone but sometimes (unfortunately with relative frequency) we cannot program designs as requested.\u00a0 My hope is that by presenting these examples I can help all of you when you are out in the field better understand the limitations of the medium.<\/p>\n
For the most part the problems revolve around 4 areas:
\n1. Too many letters in too small a place
\n2. Artistic features that work great in print (blends, high level of fine detail) nut not in embroidery
\n3. Art that is to low resolution or too out of focus to use.
\n4. and 4A.\u00a0 Corrupted art files and Vector files where the fonts are not converted to curves.<\/p>\n
Many times we receive files that will not open.\u00a0 IF that happens this is the message you will get >>>>\u00a0 Corruption of your image occurred during the transfer on our website, would you please resend the image in .jpg format by email to order@qdigitizing.com<\/a> and reference this order number.<\/strong>\u00a0 Sometimes designs become corrupt during transfer.\u00a0 When this happens we cannot retrieve the image.\u00a0 Unfortunately in those instances we need to request a new copy of the file.<\/p>\n We get this error a lot.\u00a0 \u201cYour vector image opens with a font error.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 It is OK to send vector files but if you do make sure to convert all fonts to curves.\u00a0 Better yet, save the image as a JPEG and send as a 300dpi raster image.\u00a0 IF your design opens with a font error we have no way of knowing what font to replace with.\u00a0 \u00a0This error is a total showstopper.\u00a0 IF there is a font error we have to put the order on hold.<\/p>\n Next month I will go through one more set of designs.\u00a0 Between then and now I wish all of you the best Holiday Season and I look forward to working with you again in 2015.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.qdigitizing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Wenditos-300x97.png\" "\\"Wenditos\\"")
<\/a>Embroidery simply does not have the resolution to sew all of the fine detail show in this design at the size typically used for crest or cap embroidery.\u00a0 The main problem is the level of detail in the grass and dandelions.\u00a0 \u00a0The customer has also asked for borders on the lettering.\u00a0 While this can be accomplished they cannot have the soft, faded look as shown in the art.\u00a0 \u00a0This design can be programmed and I think it can be done well but the end user should be made aware the design will need to be modified to work well for the embroidery medium.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.qdigitizing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Certified-300x100.png\" "\\"Certified\\"")
<\/a>Even at 4\u201d wide this will not work as an embroidered logo.\u00a0 The small letters at the bottom require about 4\u201d in width by themselves.\u00a0 So, in this example if the small letters are moved below the design and then stretched to the full width this could be made to fit a 4\u201d size.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.qdigitizing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Two-Designs-300x170.png\" "\\"Two")
<\/a>For these two images the art is simply too low resolution and out of focus for us to program from.\u00a0 Since the designs are such low resolution if we try and make the pictures bigger the problem only gets worse.\u00a0 The larger we go, the more pixelated the images become and the more difficult it is to program these designs.\u00a0 Unfortunately, as presented these designs cannot be programmed.<\/p>\n